Technical Program Manager, Red 6

• This is a technical role at Red 6 with a strong emphasis on hardware product development and some software product development
• While you will not be expected to code or design hardware, you should be able to read and understand the technical documentation well enough to supply input if the need arises
• You will need to understand the products well enough to speak about them at multiple levels of complexity
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or related field
• 5+ years or greater experience in Program Management
• History of making sound product decisions without perfect information while capturing information along the way and feeding that into future decisions
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with requirements management tools like DOORS or JAMA
• Experience with documentation and work tracking tools like Confluence, GitLab, JIRA, Teams/SharePoint, Windchill
• Proficiency with Enterprise Project Management tools like MS Project

Desirable

• As a TPM, you will be responsible for defining and managing technology programs, milestones, success criteria, resource allocation, and successful delivery of the Red 6 products to customers
• You will manage product development for one or more Red 6 programs and are responsible for ensuring development, integration, and testing across hardware systems to meet contract and customer requirements
• These projects will be diverse in nature and require you to be organized and flexible to adapt to changing situations. Success in this position hinges on your ability to learn technical concepts quickly, dig into the details to understand system dependencies, technical risks, and the impact decisions have on the overall programs and products
• You will be expected to utilize your technical capability in conjunction with your program/project management skills to deliver the best possible products
• Provide management oversight and lead cross-functional teams to ensure critical program/project deliverables progress towards delivery of specified requirements, objectives, and milestones
• Create full-scale master program/project schedules and communication plans consisting of multiple projects or components
• Establishes strong partnerships and engagement with project stakeholders
• Ensure proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones, and deliverable tasks
• Establish program and project financial forecasts including resource plans and other expense plans
• Identify and scope partner/customer requirements to establish epics, user stories, use cases, and requirements
• Identify and manage cross-group dependencies needed for deliveries
• Ensure testing to meet acceptance and performance criteria defined for the programs
• Participate in change and release management that results in zero downtime and zero data loss deployments
• You will provide transparency to senior leadership and stakeholders through regular reporting and presentations
• Identify gaps in the project team’s accountability and ownership of deliverables
• Foster a team environment of collaboration, dedication, and respect with a desire to learn and adapt with the goal of delivering the highest value to our partners and customers
• This is a technical role. You will be expected to run our software and experiment with it